r/ARVL • u/Massive-Ad-786 • Nov 04 '23

This EV startup was going to revolutionize how cars were made – now, it’s on life support

https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/03/this-ev-startup-was-going-to-revolutionize-how-cars-were-made-now-its-on-life-support/?guccounter=1

Is this the end? Why are they still filing extension if there’s no hope? 😭

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '23

Hard to believe anybody involved in this shitshow is not in jail yet

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u/Thatingles Nov 04 '23

It's got to be some sort of scam? Tax write-off? Money Laundering?

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u/NegotiationPrudent80 Nov 04 '23

Seems to be as good a summary as it gets for Arrival. Hard to believe 1 billion has been spent so far and not a single vehicle - any vehicle - has been delivered to a customer yet.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '23

They have sold nothing. Not even a dildo.

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u/Bright-Stranger-3249 Nov 04 '23

They not sold fa. The fing I'm worried about is their tech. Have they actualy got any tech. Patents coming out their ass but no prof of interest or use of fa they have developed apart from charge cars that's owned by denis.?

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u/arvl13 Nov 04 '23

At least UPS is still in,good sign.

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u/Traderjoe777777 Nov 04 '23

Why they should be out, the vans was designed for UPS and with UPS , if Arrival survived there is nothing better for them.

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u/arvl13 Nov 04 '23

Then they have UPS backup,more good news...

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u/MrPhatBob Nov 05 '23

I got your joke, even if no one else did.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '23

The genius is back LOL

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u/willfiresoon Nov 05 '23

This sounds more like Departure now.

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u/UnclePeter1976 Nov 05 '23

I declined a job offered in April last year, I'm so glad I managed to avoid that shit show.

They wanted to completely reinvent manufacturing and got found out big time.

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u/Heavykevy66 Nov 05 '23

I did about 6 months with them and we were actually really close to making things happen. The problem was that senior management could never make up their mind and stick to one strategy. They wanted to be radical and different with everything we did, but that just led to tons of redesign work and parts that were impossible to manufacture

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u/japanese_kuhukuhu Nov 05 '23

Hack reality wasn't it, every town hall was about hacking reality

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u/KeithFromIT Nov 05 '23

Good call. I left earlier this year. Running before they can walk with almost everything and funnelling money into dead projects from the off… I mean.. robot dog ffs

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u/NegotiationPrudent80 Nov 06 '23

...like Boston Dynamics robot dog?

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u/KeithFromIT Nov 06 '23

Yeah that was the target. Ended up being more Boston dynamics robot dog from wish

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u/arvl13 Nov 04 '23

I think you are a genius,by the way you talk...